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Sunday 10 am Services move to the chapel this morning, June 10.
Church Clean Up Day Is Today Our major task this morning is spreading and turning over mulch, but we do have a few other special grounds tasks that need attention. Let’s get our gardens and grounds in top shape for our 150th Anniversary celebrations. Can you help provide snacks or a simple meal to workers? Speak to Lois Zook, Sue Lowery, Kim or Jeff Faistenhammer, or Fr. Phil.
Our Annual parish Boat Cruise on the Detroit River is scheduled for Saturday, June 16th, beginning at 6:30pm, leaving from Bishop Park in Wyandotte. There will be a service of holy communion in Bishop Park at 5:30pm, prior to boarding the boat. Children are free; adult tickets are $25/person. Tickets will be available after both services today, June 10. We will accept cash, checks & credit card. Tickets are also available in the office.
Give to the Capital Campaign at saintjamesgi.net/cc150 . Projects are already underway. Thank you for pitching in generously to complete some major tasks!
St. Paul and Jesus are the subject of our last four Thursday discussion group meetings of the year. We will spend two weeks discussing St. Paul, and two weeks on Jesus. Drop in anytime during the month of June—meetings are Thursday afternoons beginning at 1:30pm.
Register for VBS online at www.saintjamesgi.net. Vacation Bible School is a free week-long day camp open to all members of Saint James, residents of the Island, and friends. Children from 3 years old to 5th grade participate in all activities, while older youth get to serve as helpers and leaders. All are welcome! Adults, we need your help too. Please speak to Nancy Crysler, our children’s ministries coordinator, if you are available to help. August 13-17, 9-11:30am.
The Next Soup Kitchen Will Be July 21st! Sign-ups will be on the Soup Kitchen bulletin board in the hallway between the Sunday School room and the Choir room. Our Prep Crew will meet in our Chapel parking lot at 8:20am to load up they cars and head out. Servers should be at Spirit of Hope by 11:30am. We will all be on our way home, or out to lunch, by 1:40pm. The August 18th meal will be prepared and served by the Detroit Moose Hockey Team, so we will have it off.
Join Bible Study! We have an open Bible Study that runs every Sunday morning from 9-9:50am in the Fireplace Room. The study requires no preparation, and you can come on whatever Sundays that are convenient for you. This is a great for increasing knowledge and faith. Drop in!
Office Volunteers Needed Our secretary, Colleen, is taking vacation in July. Can you help us cover the phones in the office from 9am to noon on any of the following days: July 3, 5, 6, & 24. If so, please email Colleen in our church office at office@saintjamesgi.net
Coffee Hour Volunteers Needed Can you take a turn volunteering in the kitchen during coffee hour? You would make the coffee and tea, bring a simple snack and cleanup. Coffee, tea, sugar, creamer, napkins/plates are provided. It is a great way to get involved at St. James. Ask someone to help you. There is a signup sheet on the table in Galloway Hall. Joan Hemsworth is available to show you the ropes.
Great Figures of the New Testament is the topic of the Thursday afternoon discussion group. We meet in the Library at 1:30 p.m. to watch a 30 minute video and then discuss. All are welcome.
Gluten-Free Wafers are always available at communion. Just ask.
Prayer at Communion is available every Sunday at the 10AM service. Prayer Team members stand at either side of the altar rail. After you receive the bread and wine, engage a prayer team member and ask for prayer of any kind, which they will offer on your behalf. Prayer requests are confidential.
Secretary Office Hours: Colleen is in the office Tues-Thurs 9-2, & Fri 9-noon.
Open Office Hours Fr. Phil is available for appointments throughout the week for meetings of any length, but on Tuesday evenings you never need an appointment. Drop in any Tuesday between 4:30-6:30 pm and say hello
🎵 🎶 🎶 MUSIC NOTES 🎵🎶🎶 🎵
This morning’s musical point of interest Today we hear several pieces from the great Italian early baroque composer, Girolamo Frescobaldi, who wrote several books of keyboard music for both the organ and harpsichord. He served for nearly 40 years as the organist at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, and was also the personal organist of the Barberini family, one of whom was renamed Pope Urban VIII. Today’s pieces come from his book Fiori Musicali, a collection of pieces meant to be played during masses. All the pieces we hear today are meant to be played together on a Sunday morning, tying together all elements of a typical mass.
Upcoming Music Events:
Summer Music Listening Classes begin in June. These classes last about an hour, during which we will talk about a significant composer of church music and listen to one or more major works. In June, classes will be:
June 14, 7:30pm: W.A. Mozart (1756-91) and the “Great” Mass in C Minor, K
FEATURES AND ARTICLES
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A Note From Amy Kohair:
Dear Friends, Thank you all for sending such beautiful prayers, cards and words of encouragement to Frank and I throughout “our adventure”! What was once the nightmare for our family, has now become an enormous blessing, which grows and shows everyday! Thank you for the all encompassing prayers that lifted us all up and still carry us through. Thank you Dear Hannah Thomas for sending the “traveling angel” to me! Only YOU could know how much her presence meant to me as I was moved from place to place in the hospital and nursing home. She represented the strength and love of God and Saint James every time I looked at her! She will soon be sent along to the next person who needs her. Thank you Dear Fr. Phil for your constant presence for my family and for me, offering prayers, Communion, and support to all. You were with us each in our most desperate hours and stayed to get us to “the other side” and back. What would we have done without YOU? Thank you Sue Anderson for the comfort of your handmade quilt and the love sewn into it. Thank you to the dear person who knitted the amazing blue prayer shawl in extraordinary shades of blues and purples which so resemble the blues in the “prayer rectangles” that surrounded and lifted me. Please, I need to know who you are! Thank You to Joni & Diane for taking care of Frank when I was “off the planet”. Each and every one of you were with us in prayer, thought or deed.and we are at a loss as to how to thank you adequately. Our hearts are filled with your love and will be forever! Being able to go to church last Sunday was wonderful. I have missed you all so much! And… what a treat to be there to congratulate our wonderful graduates, all of whom are joyful and great blessings to Saint James and to the world!! Love Amy Kohair
150TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS!
Celebrate History! — June 24th at 10AM
Parish Historian Kate Hartwell speaks at the 10AM service about the awe-inspiring history of our founding.
An Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social — June 24th at 11:15AM
on the front lawn!
150TH Celebration Picnic — July 14th at 6PM
Marking 150 years since the consecration of our chapel on July 9, 1868, we gather for a BBQ.
150TH Celebration Worship Service — July 15th at 10AM
On this very week 150 years ago St. James was consecrated by the Bishop of the Diocese. On this morning we host a great celebration with a period 1868 service, a guest preacher, guest dignitaries, and a 19th Century period potluck.
The Blessing of the Time Capsule — August 12th at 10AM
An outdoor Sunday Service featuring the blessing and burying of a time capsule to be opened at our 200th Anniversary celebration in the year 2068.
A ChurchFest blowout kick-off — September 9th at 10AM
A Lisette Play
October 2018 tba
Anniversary Recital
November 2018 tba
Blessing of the Renewal Projects
December 2018 tba
We Celebrate Birthdays This Week
CELEBRATIONS & PRAYERS
| Christine Bohl (6/10) | Warren Johnson (6/10) | Cole Gall (6/11) | |||
| Angela Barton (6/12) | Jamie Stamper (6/12) | Jim Shingleton (6/13) | |||
| Marilou Arvin (6/14) | Andy June (6/15)
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We Celebrate Anniversaries This Week
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Please Pray This Week For Healing
| Elke | Stacy Rodopoulos | ||
| Hannah Thomas | Jerry Zavadil | John Brass | |
| Jackie | Lynn Schlappi | Laurie Miles | |
| Sheila Miles | Andrew Brunell | Gabby | |
| Barbara Massey | Joe Hopkins | Joe Rodolet | |
| Robert Kohn | Michael Stoddart | Gregory Kohn | |
| Ron Kohn | Julie Kohn | Lindsay Labaddie | |
| Jackson Beidler | Debbie Larkin | Stacey Folding | |
| Jean Fernandes |
Pray for those serving in The Church For leaders of the worldwide church, for Philip our priest, members of our vestry, heads of our guilds & committees, and the staff and lay leaders of this congregation; for those engaged in mission work, for Jamie Treadwell in England, Todd and Patsy McGregor & family in Kenya, El Hogar in Honduras, and the Spirit of Hope Soup Kitchen in Detroit.
Pray for those serving in the military AJ Allen, Buckley Neal, JP Pandoff, Brett Ready, Dr. Bettina Sauter, Alexander Turin, and Alex Bearden.
**To ensure our Lists are current, petitions for healing are listed for 4 weeks per submission. Names may be re-submitted any number of times to office@saintjamesgi.net
PARISH CONTACTS
To update information contact goodnews@saintjamesgi.net or 734-676-1727
| STAFF | CHURCH OFFICE | office@saintjamesgi.net | 734-676-1727 | |||
| Rector | The Rev. Phil Dinwiddie | rector@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Minister of Music | Bobby Ragoonanan | music@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Secretary
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Colleen Herman
Harold Schwochow |
office@saintjamesgi.net
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| VESTRY | Treasurer | Curt Crysler ‘19 | treasurer@saintjamesgi.net | |||
| Member-at-Large | Carl Colwell ‘19 | carl@carlcolwell.com | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Margaret Horvath ‘19 | mhorvath@comcast.net | ||||
| Recording Secretary | Lynda VanEngelen ‘19 | barrylyndahtg@wowway.com | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Mel Bonis ‘20 | melandron@wowway.com | ||||
| Building & Grounds Jr. Warden | Jeff Faistenhammer ‘20 | jfaisten@yahoo.com | ||||
| Secretary of the Vestry | Beth Primeau ‘20 | bethholliday323@gmail.com | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Barbara Valmassei ‘20 | btvalmassei@comcast.net | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Tom Benson ‘21 | thomas.b.benson@gmail.com | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Laurent Chappuis ‘21 | lbchappuis@icloud.com | ||||
| Member-at-Large | Kim Faistenhammer ‘21 | kfaisten@gmail.com | ||||
| Senior Warden | Blanche Hutchison ‘21 | bhutchison1@hotmail.com | ||||
| MINISTRIES | Acolytes | Tom & Erica Benson | (231) 690-9655 | |||
| Altar Guild | Linda Kurth
Michael Glover |
(734) 675-1506
(734) 676-1062 |
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| Bell Choir | Bobby Ragoonanan | office@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Chapel Tours | Kate Hartwell | (313) 318-3275 | ||||
| Children’s Ministries | Nancy Crysler | ncrysler@outlook.com | ||||
| Choir | Bobby Ragoonanan | music@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Church Rejuvenation | Sue Hartley
Judy Christie |
suecartwright1@comcast.net
(734) 323-8663 |
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| Counters | Curt Crysler | treasurer@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Eucharistic Ministers & Readers | Sue Weston | (734) 931-2232 | ||||
| Episcopal Church Women | Colleen Lough | colleenlough@gmail.com | ||||
| Finance Committee | Curt Crysler | treasurer@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Greeters | Lynn Blanks | lblanks@wideopenwest.com | ||||
| Helping Hands | Linda Kurth | (734) 675-1506 | ||||
| Interfaith Council/ Outreach | Sue Lowery
Jane Colwell |
(734) 675-0417
(734) 671-9446 |
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| Men’s Ministry Group | Jim Holubka | jholubka@sbcglobal.net | ||||
| Memorial Garden | Carole Vandenberg | (734) 671-6492 | ||||
| Office | Colleen Herman | office@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Pastoral Care Team | Marie Johnson | (734) 671-6502 | ||||
| Prayer Team | Herman Rugel | (734) 250-3375 | ||||
| Rainbow Bell Choir | Sue Johnson | (734) 783-1752 | ||||
| SCRIP & Kroger Rewards | Lynn & Paul Blanks | lblanks@wideopenwest.com | ||||
| Soup Kitchen | Amy & Frank Kohair | (734) 693-0694 | ||||
| Ushers | Carl Colwell | carlcolwell@hotmail.com | ||||
| Vestry | Marie Johnson | (734) 671-6502 | ||||
| Worship Committee | Fr. Phil | rector@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
| Youth Group – Sr. High | Fr. Phil | rector@saintjamesgi.net | ||||
SERVING THIS WEEK
THESE ROLES ARE ALWAYS OPEN to new participants.
To join a team contact the office at goodnews@saintjamesgi.net
| June 10 | |
| Altar Guild | Joan Hemsworth, Meren James |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Meren James |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Kim Faistenhammer |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Ken Beardon |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Nancy Crysler |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Blanche Hutchison |
| Ushers | J. Dermody, J. Drake, Robin Knudson, Chuck Kurthy |
| Greeters | Wendy Kiblawi, Robin Knudson |
| 10 am Crucifer | |
| Prayer Team | Tom and Erica Benson |
| June 17 | |
| Altar Guild | Diane Mammo, Lois Zook |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Margaret Horvath |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Tom Coleman |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Anthony Baker |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Jane Colwell |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Colleen Lough |
| Ushers | Paul & Lynn Blanks, |
| Greeters | Paul & Lynn Blanks |
| 10 am Crucifer | |
| Prayer Team | Colleen Lough, Madeleine Jones |
| June 24 | |
| Altar Guild | Jennifer Dermody, Marilou Arvin |
| 8am 1st lesson reader | Sarah Bates |
| 8am Eucharistic Minister | Sue Weston |
| 10 am 1st lesson reader | Carolyn Hoey |
| 10am 2nd lesson & chalice | Warren Johnson |
| 10am prayers & chalice | Andrew Johnson |
| Ushers | David & Judy Christie |
| Greeters | Sue Anderson, Lil Everlove |
| 10 am Crucifer | Landon Johnson |
| Prayer Team | Natalia Morris, Anthony Baker |